March 3, 2023
Today is a travel day to head to Roswell. We have been in touch with Patty and will see her and Tom at some point this weekend. Since it is a very short trip to Roswell, we decided to check out the New Mexico Space Museum in Alamogordo. It was only 2 miles from our campground and after a check of Google Maps, I decided they had two big parking lots that we could easily get in and out of. So we packed up the RV and hitched up and headed up the hill to the museum.
We had time to take in one of the movies playing at the IMAX Theater and tour the museum. It was very interesting. They also had two tour buses of middle school children from El Paso, TX. Of course they had a tour guide so we kind of followed them and listened to what the guide had to say. Great information and overall the children were pretty good.
I never realized it until this tour that New Mexico is so tied to our space program. It started with research of rockets and the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos, NM and then extends to White Sands Area for rocket testing, missile testing, etc. And Holloman Air Force Base is an alternate landing site for space shuttles. One of my favorite areas is when you stood on a platform, you could choose a rocket and you could feel and hear the power of that rocket from a certain distance. The floor shook and you felt like you were there. Pretty cool.
We left the museum and arrived at the Town and Country RV Park in Roswell without incident. On the way we passed 3 casinos and wished we had more time to stop and explore. Our route took us through the Mescalero Reservation. Mescalero are Apaches. Again, we wished we had more time to explore.
While we were enjoying ourselves, our son had to deal with an issue back home. Around December 30th, we lost about half of our big, old white oak tree. We loved that tree. Hawks would perch up there to look for food in our yard. We have rabbits and other small critters that they might enjoy. Since half of the tree was down, we were talking about the best way to handle the situation. Well, another big storm came through and took care of it for us. Fortunately, it came down and did absolutely no damage to our cottage, the shed next door or any vehicles anywhere. It did create a few widow makers.
